Amateurs and professional Custom Builders, it’s your last one chance for 2011 to compete in the USA for the Custom Chrome Championship Series. Coming off of the highly successful North American Championship and the Custom Chrome Europe Championship just completed this past week, East Coast and Mid West bike customizers will now get their chance […]
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Custom Chrome International Bike Show Series Continues In Pennsylvania At the Sturgis Road Show Championship
Published by April 5th, 2011 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.Exclusive. Big Dog Motorcycles Is Closing.
Published by April 4th, 2011 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.Another very sad day in the motorcycle industry. Last week I was informed that Big Dog Motorcycles laid off or furloughed a few more workers and that the company would probably close its doors in the next few days. This morning, Big Dog Motorcycles started to call its remaining dealers to inform them that they […]
The Story Of Snatch. 2nd Place Custom Chrome North America Championship.
Published by April 4th, 2011 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.Very few Custom Builders, as talented as they can be, are comfortable at verbally expressing their motivations when starting a project and even less at explaining the many options they had and at justifying the choices they made all along the fabrication process. 35 years old Satya Kraus from Kraus Motor Co. could talk during […]
Georgia Bikers Continue To Protest Motorcycle-Only Checkpoints
Published by April 3rd, 2011 in Editorial and Events.Last week, bikers from around the State of Georgia rode to the Capitol revving their engines against a federal grant the Georgia State Patrol is using to conduct motorcycle-only safety checkpoints. Protest was about denouncing the checkpoints as unconstitutional and came two weeks after the state patrol conducted motorcycle checkpoints on Interstates 75 and 95, […]
Best Custom Bikes At Custom Chrome International Bike Show Series European Championship (Part 2)
Published by April 2nd, 2011 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.Beginning of the week, I published pictures of some of the winners of the Custom Chrome Europe Show (13th edition) held last weekend in Mainz, Germany. More than 120 custom bikes were competing from as far as Lithuania and Norway for a total prize awards of € 50.000! Below is the complement list of winners, […]
Breaking News. Original Daytona Beach Rossmeyer’s Harley To Be Turned Into A Museum And Store.
Published by April 1st, 2011 in Builders, Editorial and Events.Bruce Rossmeyer’s Daytona Harley-Davidson announced that the original Beach Street location, located at 290 North Beach Street, will be temporarily closed as of today April 1, 2011 and that construction will immediately begin for The Original Bruce Rossmeyer’s Harley-Davidson Museum and Store in its place. The Beach Street location was the first Harley-Davidson® dealership in […]
Fast Motorcycle Industry News
Published by April 1st, 2011 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.1-Polaris Industries Inc. (NYSE: PII) today announced a $100,000 donation to the American Red Cross to assist with relief efforts underway in Japan. “On behalf of everyone at Polaris, our heartfelt thoughts and sincerest well-wishes go out to the people of Japan,” said Scott Wine, CEO, Polaris Industries Inc. “Our Japanese partners and friends have […]
This picture was attached to a letter signed Holger Mohr, President and CEO of Custom Chrome, sent today to all CCI dealers who attended 2 weeks ago the very successful 2011 Dealer Show. Of course most of you, my readers, are not motorcycle dealers, but I still think that this picture of the CCI American […]
Secret Prototypes And Oddities At Harley-Davidson Museum
Published by March 31st, 2011 in Builders, Editorial and Events.Ever wondered which bikes they were about to launch as new models for your riding pleasure? The ones they scrapped at the last minute for various reasons? What were they thinking? The Harley-Davidson of Milwaukee is offering a very interesting exhibition of an exotic collection of motorcycling oddities and secret prototypes. The artifacts exhibited here […]
Zipper’s Performance Celebrates 30 Years
Published by March 30th, 2011 in Customs, Editorial, Engines and Events.A message from Zipper’s Performance. “The entire staff at Zipper’s Performance Products would like to enthusiastically say “Thank You!” for the trust and support you have given our products for 30 years. As the motorcycle industry navigates through difficult economic times, we believe an enhanced focus on quality products and customer service will keep us […]
Best Custom Bikes At Custom Chrome International Bike Show Series European Championship (Part 1)
Published by March 29th, 2011 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.Last weekend in Mainz, Germany during the 2011 Custom Chrome Europe Dealer Show, 103 top custom motorcycles competed for trophies in 3 categories (Modified Harley, RevTech Performance and Jammer Classes) for the title of Custom Chrome European Champion. And the big winner is this gold BSA beauty named “Son Of A Gun” by Larry Houghton […]
Tonight at 11pm Fox Sport Net To Air New 60 Minute Weekly Series Called The Great Ride
Published by March 29th, 2011 in Editorial, Events and Videos.Tonight March 29, 2011 at 11 pm eastern (10 central) on Fox Sports Net starts the 1st episode of “The Great Ride” , an entertaining new motor sports driven television series that explores what excites, inspires and drives Americans. Produced by Natural 9 Entertainment, the new series is all about adventure, new inventions, must have […]
Custom Chrome International Series. North American Champion.
Published by March 28th, 2011 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.As I reported last week while on location at the Custom Chrome International Series held during the CCI Dealer Show in Santa Clara, CA, Kirk Taylor from Custom Design Studios was voted by his peers the North American Champion. Kirk’s personal preferences lean towards retro style choppers and bobbers but like many of us his […]
Motorcycle Journalist Kimmy Chapman Killed In Motorcycle Accident
Published by March 27th, 2011 in Editorial and Events.Motorcycle journalist, biker events organizer and activist Kimmy Chapman was killed Saturday afternoon around 5 pm in Phoenix, AZ after the Harley-Davidson motorcycle ridden by her boyfriend and on which she was a passenger collided with a Nissan Rogue coming from the opposite direction and making a left turn in front of them. Her boyfriend is at […]
Motorcycles And ATV’s. The Ethanol Fuel Debate.
Published by March 26th, 2011 in Editorial, Engines and Events.The fight over increasing ethanol in gasoline from E10 to E15 is raging again. For more than 3 years the AMA (American Motorcycle Association) has been opposing increases in the ethanol level allowed in gasoline until studies show that an increase won’t damage motorcycle or all-terrain vehicle (ATV) engines, and won’t make motorcycles emit more nitrogen […]
These 2 Rare Norton Racers Added To Bonhams Carmel Auction.
Published by March 26th, 2011 in Builders, Editorial and Events.These 2 unique competition Norton machines with history (top model Manx and bottom model Daytona) have been added to Bonhams third annual motorcycle auction at Quail Lodge in Carmel on May 14th, 2011. The 1959 Norton Manx 500 and 1956 Norton Daytona 500 will be in good company as they join a line-up of bikes […]
Fast Motorcycle Industry News
Published by March 26th, 2011 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.1- Harley-Davidson Stock Rises Close To Pre-Recession Levels. I don’t make any stock recommendation, but many will be interested to know that Harley stock (HOG) closed yesterday Friday 03/25/2011 at $43.14 per share, its highest level since September 2008, and getting closer to its pre-recession trade price of $48 per share in December 2007. Analysts […]
Motorcycle Early Days Exhibit At Sturgis Motorcycle Museum
Published by March 25th, 2011 in Builders, Editorial and Events.A new exhibit called “The Early Days” focusing on the earliest motorcycles – from what is commonly recognized as the first motorcycle through those machines produced in 1915 -. just opened at the Sturgis Motorcycle Museum. “The Early Days Exhibit is designed to show our visitors what those early machines were like, and to tell […]
Like many I am on Twitter exchanging 140-character limit tweets with many friends and followers belonging or not to the motorcycle industry. Yesterday, Jesses James tweeted this image of the West Coast Choppers sign being removed from the roof of his ex Long Beach shop closed since October 16, 2010. Jesse sent this image with the following […]
Spectro Oils Team Up With Ferracci For 2011 AMA Pro Racing Daytona Sportbike/Celtic Racing Team Program.
Published by March 25th, 2011 in Editorial and Events.Spectro Oils is proud to once again team up with World Superbike and AMA Superbike winning tuner Eraldo Ferracci, who will apply his considerable expertise in support of Celtic Racing and the talented young rider, P.J. Jacobsen. “Spectro has become the ‘oil of choice’ for the Ferracci team in 2011, and will be recommended and […]
Harley-Davidson Donates $250,000 To Support Japan Relief Efforts
Published by March 23rd, 2011 in Editorial and Events.Harley-Davidson, Inc. announced a $250,000 donation from The Harley-Davidson Foundation to support relief efforts following the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. “Our hearts go out to all the people in Japan who have been impacted by these tragic events,” said Foundation President Gail Lione. “It is important to all of us at Harley-Davidson to support […]
Sturgis Pre-Booking Discount At Broken Spoke Campground
Published by March 22nd, 2011 in Editorial and Events.Daytona Bike Week is over, and the next big rally is of course in Sturgis (August 1 to 14h). And this one needs some well thought advance planning. For the Sturgis Rally 71th edition the Broken Spoke Campground in Sturgis offers early bird discount rates. For example, camping rates are $119/person plus tax and include […]
Custom Chrome International Bike Show Series. North American Championship. (Part 3)
Published by March 20th, 2011 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.Today Sunday March 20th, 2011 for the fist time ever, the famous Custom Chrome Dealer Show opened its doors to the public. Not only to visit 75 of the V-Twin industry’s leading manufacturers, but also to admire world class custom bikes from top builders and customizers competing in the Custom Chrome International Bike Show Series, […]
2011 Custom Chrome International Dealer Show (Part 2)
Published by March 20th, 2011 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.People at the Custom Chrome Dealer Show. from top to bottom. Kirk taylor (Custom Design Studios) – Cory Ness (Arlen Ness Ent) – Holger Mohr (CCI) with Sukoshi Fahey (Avon Tyres) – Lisa and Bert Baker (Baker Drivetrain) – Rod Woodruff (Buffalo Chip) with Mike Prugh (Prugh Design) – Gerald Rinehart (Rinehart Racing) – Lisa Taylor (Kirk’s wife) – Pascal Richard (Revolution Magazine) […]
1- Zero Motorcycles. To boost its international growth and support the development of its electrical vehicle technology, Zero Motorcycles has secured a $26 million financing deal. The deal with Invus LP, the company’s principal investor group, closed March 3, just days before the company’s co-founder Neal Saiki retired from his daily operations as chief technology […]
2011 Custom Chrome International Dealer Show (Part 1)
Published by March 19th, 2011 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Events.I am in Santa Clara, CA in the Silicon Valley, the leading hub for high-tech innovation and development (Google, Amazon, Apple, eBay, Intuit, Netflix and many others are just around), for the 2011 Custom Chrome Dealer Show. The venue is minutes away from the CCI headquarters at the beautiful Santa Clara Convention Center. Over 75 of the […]
